Wudao Junyu:

If it’s not wild, how can it be called a picnic?

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It is said that 2020 is the first year of picnic in China.

Because starting in March, people in the circle of friends began to have picnics one after another, until this May Day holiday, it almost reached its climax.

Looking through the circle of friends, as long as there are red plaid cloth, rattan baskets, and floral skirts, you can guess that you are having a picnic without even clicking on the big picture.

Some people joked: "One China, same picnic."

If this is the first year of picnics in China, it would be better to say that this is the first year of picnics with Chinese internet celebrity style.

Internet celebrity style picnic, the beauty lies in the sameness

A piece of plaid cloth, a few rattan baskets, wooden plates, sandwiches, desserts, wine with English labels, flowers, and even balloons, Then there are mini stereos, ukuleles, magazines and books, English newspapers...the picnic photos that appeared this year are always based on these few factors.

If you don’t believe it, go to Xiaohongshu and search for picnic guides. Most of them have similar styles. Even the props, composition, and color palette for taking photos have been listed for you. Just follow this template. Unlock the same picnic.

Go to Taobao and search for the word "picnic", and you will immediately find "a complete set of picnic supplies of the same style as the Internet celebrity" and "Ins-style picnic". You can place an order with one click, and the picnic of the same style as the Internet celebrity will be available immediately.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with pursuing beauty, and imitation may not be impossible. But when friends post similar pictures, I just want to ask: Are you tired of aesthetics? Does a picnic have to be like this?

What’s even more funny is that someone brought roast chicken, shrimp, and a bunch of snacks for a picnic. It looked like an enhanced version of the spring outing in elementary school, but it was pushed into the hot search, and netizens laughed and said this The picnic was so real.

When I saw this, I really just wanted to shout: "I can have a picnic like this!" Isn't a picnic just about basking in the sun and looking at the greenery in good weather? Are you eating your favorite food? !

Why did this become a comedy series? Does exquisiteness have nothing to do with feasting?

There is a group on Douban called "Are you refined today?" I thought it was to share how to live a better life every day, but when I clicked on it, I saw that they were all sharing their experiences with plastic surgery and medical beauty. experience.

I can’t help but wonder, is our understanding of exquisiteness too simple and crude? Is sophistication just a matter of precise aesthetics under human technology? Just like our requirements for the beauty of picnics, are our requirements too simple?

Internet celebrity style picnic, "beautiful, soulless", because it is too beautiful and cookie-cutter, without any thought.

Just like our times, in the rush for quick results, it’s best if someone tells me how to do it with just one click, just copy and paste.

The true meaning of picnic is wild

What is picnic? Its English name is picnic, which originated in Europe in the 18th century and is a formal royal social event.

At that time, the nobles had to set up tables and chairs outdoors during picnics, and there would also be servants to serve them. Later, sitting on the floor gradually became a leisure activity for the public.

Nowadays, the popular picnic in the circle of friends can be said to have its aesthetic origin from the paintings of the Renaissance. Such as Monet's "Luncheon on the Grass". In the shade of the summer trees, the sun shone thinly, the girls wore floral dresses, exquisite food was spread on the white linen, and champagne was placed.

Everything is beautiful, especially the sunshine passing through the green shade. After so many years, facing the painting seems to be able to touch the temperature of that day and the joy of that picnic.

I turned around to look at the picnic pictures in my circle of friends, and was confused: Did everyone go to the same meadow? Was the wind that day neither cold nor hot? Did you encounter anything interesting during the picnic that day?

Perhaps this is the biggest problem with Internet celebrity style picnics.

The true meaning of picnic lies in the wilderness. It is to feel the sunshine and breeze of nature and to appreciate the vitality of vegetation in the breaks of urban life. We want to have a picnic because after living on the cement floor for a long time, we yearn for nature and countryside.

However, we often only see refined picnic pictures.

Picnic is less wild and more PS.

The best picnic is to enjoy the moment

When searching for picnic topics on Zhihu, I saw someone asking: "Why don't Chinese people have picnics?"

The reply below is: "Why don't Chinese people have picnics? It's just called picnics!"

Go to a mountain river and burn a few handfuls of firewood, or build a kiln to roast chickens and sweet potatoes. , roasted corn...it's also a proper picnic. But maybe, it’s just not that beautiful to take pictures.

Therefore, some people may say, why can’t we have a picnic in the style of Internet celebrities? Doesn’t life need a sense of ritual? Do we need to have a picnic style?

Yes, life needs a sense of ritual, but not just for the sake of a sense of ritual.

Those cookie-cutter photos are all the same, with similar floral skirts and similar poses. It seems that form is more important than content.

Lin Huiyin during the Republic of China was also a person who liked picnics. Whenever she was free, she would ride a donkey to have picnics in the mountains and ancient temples. She once left a famous picnic photo.

Her picnic is also fully equipped, also covered with plaid cloth, with beautiful snack boxes, glass pots, and the indispensable bamboo basket.

Lin Huiyin’s picnic is also exquisite and beautiful, but it gives people a different feeling. Maybe it's because she is still talking and pouting in the camera, looking a little naughty. This is not a staged photo, but a moment captured unintentionally during a picnic. This is what makes it so moving.

In this shot, Lin Huiyin and her companions are talking, enjoying the good weather that day and the food they prepared, instead of thinking about going back to post a photo or showing off. sun.

This is the fun of picnicking.

It can be a Western-style afternoon tea with salad and avocado, or it can be fried chicken, skewers, or crayfish. It can be an Internet celebrity style, INS style plaid placemat, or a sports style folding stool.

Whether it is Chinese style or Internet celebrity style, it should not be the same, and it does not need to be posted for the sake of being exposed.

The whole point of a picnic is to be wild. It’s to enjoy the wildness comfortably in the wild and run wild to your heart’s content!

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